Austrian Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma, wife of the late ex-Emperor Karl I and the last Empress of Austria, descends stone steps in the gardens of the Villa Annunciata Hotel (Today the CCAS Holiday Apartment at Cor André Tardieu, 06500 Menton, France), adjacent to the Monastery of the Annunciation (2135 Cor André Tardieu, 06500 Menton, France). A traditional brick-lined well in the garden. Stone steps in a lush garden. Rose bushes and other plants growing. Trellis with vines. A road in Menton, hills are seen in the background. Distant view of Villa Annunciata Hotel, camera pans to view of the Monastery of the Annunciation and its chapel. Sign hanging beside the arch reads “Monastère” (“Monastery” in English).
Exiled members of the Habsburg Dynasty and their followers in Menton, France. Count Heinrich von Degenfeld, a loyal aristocratic follower of the Habsburg household, walks his dogs in the Hotel Villa Annunciata’s Garden (Today the CCAS Holiday Apartment at Cor André Tardieu, 06500 Menton, France) View of Monastery of the Annunciation in the background. Count von Degenfeld reads a newspaper inside the villa. Count von Degenfeld poses on the side of the road leading to the Monastery of the Annunciation in Menton. Count von Degenfeld smiles while sitting on a garden bench. The count descends from stone stairs with his dogs. Count von Degenfeld strolls in the garden.
French civilians and United States soldiers engage in friendly snowball fights in Paris during World War II. A snowball fight at the Avenue Champs-Élysées. French civilians and American soldiers throw snowballs at each other. Civilians throw snowballs at a United States Army truck outside the Aux Trois-Quartiers department store (23 Bd de la Madeleine, 75001 Paris, France), in front of the La Madeleine church. A uniformed woman throws a snowball and laughs. French civilians throw snowballs at a moving Jeep. A French man chases after a girl while others throw snowballs at him. The French woman struggles playfully from the man. A group of French girls throwing snowballs at each other. A United States soldier holds a camera to record snowball fights in Paris. A United States soldier and a French girl stroll through the snow at the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). The Luxor Obelisk is seen.
Townspeople gather for the liberation ceremony at the Place de la République in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France during World War 2. The Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort (République, 90000 Belfort, France) is seen on the left. People holding French flags and signs watch the ceremony from apartment windows. French Brigadier General Carpentier inspecting French troops. Allied flags hanging as garlands over the street. A marching military band plays music. The French flag is being raised on top of a flagpole at the Belfort Place de la République.
Civilians watch marching French soldiers at the Place de la République in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France during World War II. A policeman controls the crowd during the liberation ceremony after German surrender. Women and men cheering in front of the Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort (République, 90000 Belfort, France). French military officials ride a Jeep. Allied flags hanging as garlands over the street. Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort at the Place de la République. People running on the street in Belfort. French and Allied flags hang from windows. Marching band playing music as townspeople follow them.
Wrecked and burning buildings in Carentan, France after the D-Day landings in World War II. French civilian men pump water to extinguish the flames. A French fireman blows his whistle. Firefighters extinguish fire with jets of water in front of the burning building. A man looks at the remains of a burned house. Smoke rises from the rubble of the destroyed house. Civilian man sweeps the sidewalk. Soldiers sit on Jeep beside the Carentan Great War Memorial (8 Pl. de la République, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais, France). United States and French flags adorn the Carentan Great War Memorial. A woman pushes a stroller with a young girl. The girl holds a flower. A French woman looking up beside a man and child as they both stand in the front door. United States soldiers and French firemen exchange their hats with each other. A soldier seated in Jeep receives wine from a French child. The soldier drinks the bottle.
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